The bizarre rumour about Suzi Taylor everyone forgot

REVEALED: The bizarre rumour about Suzi Taylor that sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry – three years before her ‘lost weekend’ with troubled NRL star Greg Inglis

The Block’s Suzi Taylor made headlines last weekend, when she was embroiled in troubled NRL star Greg Inglis’ partying scandal. 

However, this is not the first time Suzi has garnered attention, as she was once the centre of a bizarre death rumour back in November 2016.

Newsrooms across the country were on high alert after sources claimed the 47-year-old former Penthouse model had died in hospital. 

Revealed: The bizarre rumour about The Block’s Suzi Taylor (pictured) that had newsrooms across the country on high alert in November 2016

The rumours were obviously baseless, and Suzi was left horrified when her publicist Max Markson told her journalists were making enquiries about her.

‘Everything is fine… I am fine, I am fine,’ the mother-of-three told Daily Mail Australia at the time, responding to the false claims.

Suzi added that she was confused as to where the rumours had come from.

‘The first I heard about it was through Max,’ she explained . ‘I don’t understand where they have come from… it’s very strange and frustrating.’ 

Bizarre: Sources claimed the 47-year-old former Penthouse model had died in hospital, but fortunately it turned out she was alive and well

Bizarre: Sources claimed the 47-year-old former Penthouse model had died in hospital, but fortunately it turned out she was alive and well 

Scandal: Two-and-a-half years later, Suzi made headlines once again - this time finding herself embroiled in NRL star Greg Inglis' recent 'three-day bender'. Pictured: Greg Inglis

Scandal: Two-and-a-half years later, Suzi made headlines once again – this time finding herself embroiled in NRL star Greg Inglis’ recent ‘three-day bender’. Pictured: Greg Inglis

Two-and-a-half years later, Suzi made headlines once again – this time finding herself embroiled in Greg Inglis’ recent ‘three-day bender’. 

The 32-year-old sportsman disappeared during the Magic Round last Friday, leaving his girlfriend Alyse Caccamo, family and South Sydney Rabbitohs ­officials frantically searching for him. 

The rugby league great had travelled from Sydney to Brisbane on the Thursday as a Rabbitohs club ambassador but vanished for three days.   

He later resurfaced at a luxury riverside mansion alongside Suzi and two other friends on Saturday night, according to The Sunday Mail.

Mystery: The 32-year-old sportsman (pictured on May 2) disappeared during the Magic Round last Friday, and later resurfaced at a Brisbane mansion alongside Suzi and two other friends

Mystery: The 32-year-old sportsman (pictured on May 2) disappeared during the Magic Round last Friday, and later resurfaced at a Brisbane mansion alongside Suzi and two other friends 

In the aftermath of the scandal, Suzi said she was not ‘mentally’ ready to speak about what happened, but a friend released a statement on her behalf.    

Suzi’s friend, who spoke to the Gold Coast Bulletin on condition of anonymity, said: ‘It was not a random meeting in a pub. She gave [Inglis] a safe place to stay and made sure all his family and loved ones had a contact for him – and that he was in a safe environment away from the spotlight and external pressures.’

‘The relationship between Suzi and Greg is purely platonic, nothing more. Suzi would help anyone in need of helping,’ they added. 

Reality star: Suzi became a tabloid fixture after her controversial appearance on The Block in 2015. Prior to that, she posed nude for Penthouse magazine in the early '90s

Reality star: Suzi became a tabloid fixture after her controversial appearance on The Block in 2015. Prior to that, she posed nude for Penthouse magazine in the early ’90s 

Too hot for TV! But it was her off-camera antics, including an infamous topless dance on a boat in Melbourne (pictured), that made her one of the franchise's most controversial stars

Too hot for TV! But it was her off-camera antics, including an infamous topless dance on a boat in Melbourne (pictured), that made her one of the franchise's most controversial stars

Too hot for TV! But it was her off-camera antics, including an infamous topless dance on a boat in Melbourne (pictured), that made her one of the franchise’s most controversial stars

Suzi became a tabloid fixture after her controversial appearance on The Block with her then-friend Yvonne Cosier in 2015.   

But it was Suzi’s off-camera antics, including an infamous topless dance on a boat in Melbourne, that made her one of the franchise’s most controversial stars.   

During filming, she was also found collapsed and unconscious after suffering from ‘exhaustion’.

Before rising to fame on The Block, Suzi posed nude for Penthouse in the early ’90s and briefly dated INXS star Michael Hutchence.  

Cover girl: Suzi is pictured on the cover of Penthouse magazine in the early '90s

Cover girl: Suzi is pictured on the cover of Penthouse magazine in the early ’90s

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